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Percy Spencer

Percy Spencer

American engineer and inventor (1894–1970)

Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night shift, he taught himself topics such as calculus, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry, establishing a lifelong habit of self-education or "solving my own situation" as he called it.

Percy Spencer was born on Monday, 09. July 1894.
That was day 190 of the year 1894.

Past away on Dienstag September 8, 1970

Age when dead:
76 Jahre 1 Monate 30 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Friday July 9, 1971

Percy Spencer is already dead since:
55 Jahre 2 Monate 14 Tage

Percy Spencer was alive for 27819 days.
Percy Spencer is already dead for 20164 days.
Difference: 7655 days (20,96 years).

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The death date of Percy Spencer is the birthday of
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Did you know? Percy Spencer is ...

Lost Generation

Period: 1883 ‐ 1900

At 76 years, Percy Spencer belongs to the "Lost Generation". Well-known figures of this generation include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harold Urey und René Magritte.

Astrology

Zodiac

♋ Cancer

(June 22, 1894 - July 22, 1894)

Life Number

2

(Unstable, loving, family-oriented)

Zodiac sign

Horse

(June 22, 1894 - July 22, 1894)

Birthstone

Ruby

(Passion, protection, prosperity)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Percy Spencer was born...

2.403.561.600 Seconds
40.059.360 Minutes
667.656 Hours
27.819 Days
3.974 Weeks
1576 Months
76 Years
7.62 Decades
0.76 Centuries

On December 9, 2025 would be Percy Spencer exactly 48000 days old.
On September 4, 2028 would be Percy Spencer exactly 7000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 76 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

9.273 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 9.273 hours per day. At your age of 76 years, that equals approximately 9.273 days (25,39 years).

Eat & Drink

1.159 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 76 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.159 days eating. (3,17 years).

Toilet visits

580 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 580 days (1,59 years).

Wait

966 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 966 days (2,64 years).

Laugh

116 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 116 days (0,32 years).

Brush teeth

77 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 77 days (0,21 years).

Work

7.534 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.534 days (20,63 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 721.068.480 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 3.004.452.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 600.890.400 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 417.285 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 152 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.173 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 27.819 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 533 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.371 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 556.380.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 9.180 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.179 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 33.105 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 305 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

Always on the move

According to statistical averages, you have walked 100.148 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,50 orbits of the Earth...


... 9,17 moon orbits.


... and 4,69 Mars orbit on foot.



100.148 kilometers means:

3.808 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
745 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
522 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
139 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,58 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
98,77 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,71 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,38 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,33 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

During the lifetime of Percy Spencer ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.018 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 316,24 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 123,80 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 76,16 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 40,49 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,42 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,59 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,91 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,46 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,31 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Percy Spencer wäre der 140. Geburtstag. Er findet am Sunday, den 09.07.2034 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1904 Saturday July 9, 1904 55
18. 1912 Tuesday July 9, 1912 171
20. 1914 Thursday July 9, 1914 210
25. 1919 Wednesday July 9, 1919 325
30. 1924 Wednesday July 9, 1924 465
40. 1934 Monday July 9, 1934 820
50. 1944 Sunday July 9, 1944 1275
60. 1954 Friday July 9, 1954 1830
70. 1964 Thursday July 9, 1964 2485
80. 1974 Tuesday July 9, 1974 3240
90. 1984 Monday July 9, 1984 4095
100. 1994 Saturday July 9, 1994 5050
110. 2004 Friday July 9, 2004 6105
120. 2014 Wednesday July 9, 2014 7260
130. 2024 Tuesday July 9, 2024 8515
140. 2034 Sunday July 9, 2034 9870
150. 2044 Saturday July 9, 2044 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
9 • 7 • 1894
Binary:
1001 • 111 • 11101100110
Hexadecimal:
9 • 7 • 766
Octal:
11 • 7 • 3546
Roman:
IX • VII • MDCCCXCIV
Morsecode:
−−−−− −−−−· ·−·−·− −−−−− −−··· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−·· −−−−· ····−
Numbers to letters:
aj • ah • bije
Cross sum:
38
Factor product:
119322
Birthday in words:
nine • seven • one thousand eight hundred ninety four

Historical Events

How old was Percy Spencer back then?

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Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

January 16, 1920
Prohibition begins in the United States with the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. (Age: 25 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 26 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 26 years and 8 months) 🔗
February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 27 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 28 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 4, 1922
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, sparking a global frenzy for archaeology. (Age: 28 years and 3 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 28 years and 5 months) 🔗
October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 29 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 29 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 29 years and 6 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

February 23, 1925
The discovery of the Andromeda galaxy as a separate "island universe" outside of the Milky Way is confirmed by Edwin Hubble. (Age: 30 years and 7 months) 🔗
July 10, 1925
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial begins in Tennessee, debating the teaching of evolution in public schools. (Age: 31 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 18, 1925
Adolf Hitler publishes *Mein Kampf*, laying out his political ideology and future plans for Germany. (Age: 31 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 16, 1926
Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, a major milestone in rocketry and future space travel. (Age: 31 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from New York to Paris. (Age: 32 years and 10 months) 🔗
October 6, 1927
The Jazz Singer premieres, the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, marking the end of the silent film era. (Age: 33 years and 2 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 33 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 27, 1928
The Kellogg–Briand Pact is signed, in which 62 nations agree to renounce war as an instrument of national policy. (Age: 34 years and 1 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 34 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 35 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

August 19, 1934
A German plebiscite votes to merge the offices of President and Chancellor, making Adolf Hitler the sole Führer (leader) of Germany. (Age: 40 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 14, 1935
The Social Security Act is signed into law in the U.S., establishing a system of retirement, unemployment, and welfare benefits. (Age: 41 years and 1 months) 🔗
September 15, 1935
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Germany, institutionalizing racial theories and stripping German Jews of their citizenship. (Age: 41 years and 2 months) 🔗
February 6, 1936
The Winter Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, followed by the Summer Games in Berlin, used by the Nazis for propaganda. (Age: 41 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 17, 1936
The Spanish Civil War begins with a military coup against the Republican government, leading to three years of brutal conflict. (Age: 42 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 42 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 43 years and 5 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 43 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 30, 1938
The Munich Agreement is signed, allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, an act of appeasement that failed to prevent war. (Age: 44 years and 2 months) 🔗
November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurs, a coordinated series of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. (Age: 44 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 6, 1945
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. (Age: 51 years and 0 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 51 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 51 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 20, 1945
The Nuremberg trials, a series of military tribunals, begin for major war criminals of Nazi Germany. (Age: 51 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech in the U.S., warning of Soviet expansion and popularizing the term Cold War. (Age: 51 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 5, 1947
U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall announces the Marshall Plan, an initiative to aid Western Europe in economic recovery after WWII. (Age: 52 years and 10 months) 🔗
August 15, 1947
India gains independence from British rule, leading to the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Age: 53 years and 1 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 53 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 60 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 14, 1955
The Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty, is established by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries as a counterbalance to NATO. (Age: 60 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Age: 61 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 62 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 62 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 4, 1957
The Little Rock Crisis begins as Governor Orval Faubus uses the National Guard to block nine African American students from entering Central High School. (Age: 63 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 63 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 27, 1958
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, consolidating power and leading the nation through the height of the Cold War. (Age: 63 years and 8 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 64 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 70 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 70 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. (Age: 71 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 13, 1966
The convention for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is adopted by the UN, a key international human rights treaty. (Age: 72 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 72 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 73 years and 4 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 73 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 74 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 74 years and 11 months) 🔗
July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 mission successfully lands on the Moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on an extraterrestrial body. (Age: 75 years and 0 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Percy Spencer

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Percy Spencer blow out so far?

» At 76 years, Percy Spencer has already blown out 2926 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Percy Spencer be twice as old as today?

» Percy Spencer ist 27.819 days old today. On 07.11.2046 Percy Spencer will be twice as old as today. Percy Spencer will then be 152 Jahre und 3 Monate years old.

When will Percy Spencer be half as old as today?

» On 08.08.1932 Percy Spencer was half of age today. Back then Percy Spencer were 38 Jahre und 0 Monate years old.

When was Percy Spencer conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (14.10.1893), we get the 14.10.1893. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Percy Spencer were conceived between 04.10.1893 and 24.10.1893.

How many prime number birthdays has Percy Spencer had so far?

» At 76 years old, Percy Spencer has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 76 years, you've already celebrated 6 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 09.07.2005. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Percy Spencer at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Percy Spencer was born exactly 38526 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Percy Spencer was 105 years and 5 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Percy Spencer is currently 46 years younger (44693 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Percy Spencer has lived 7655 days longer than he/she was dead.

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